Conakry: Sunday

January 21, 2007 by Beth.

This is coming to you directly from Conakry!! The trip home was fine once we got out of Dakar!! The airport experience there had to have been the worst we’ve ever had. It took us four hours to get from the front door to the airplane and that only included sitting in the waiting area less than an hour. And that was in the middle of the night!!

But enough complaining…we arrived finally in Conakry at about 7:00 which was much later than I’d hoped. I comforted myself coming back knowing that we’d come in in the middle of the night and all would probably remain quiet. But we had no trouble at all. The streets were quiet and other vehicles were on the road. Had I not known there was trouble I wouldn’t have been able to tell from what I saw. All day yesterday was completely quiet without a gunshot to be heard. So far today has also been very peaceful. There is still an effort to remain peaceful and other nations are wanting to help as well. For the latest go to http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21554290.htm.

Katie is doing pretty well at her new school. I met some of her teachers and they are wonderful and caring. Her dorm parents are also incredible. That has been comforting for us. She’s taken a big step but we’ve been proud of her every inch of the way.

On the mission front, we have officially asked our mission board to hold Andrea Herman in the US for now until we are confident everything is calm and especially until we are sure that the Nortons will be able to travel down to Conakry safely and escort Andrea back to Siguiri. We don’t have a new date yet but are waiting to see how this all pans out.

Please keep praying. We are so thankful for the calm and pray that God will continue to lead us through all this and that our work can continue. We are so thankful for the many with us joining us in prayer and trust that many petitions are rising this day of worship. This next week may be critical but we go in knowing that God is before us and wants His children to hear His message. May HIS will be done…

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